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Statue to mark close bonds with Poland | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/statue-to-mark-close-bonds-with-poland18 May 2015: Poland is a rising economic power on the crucially important eastern border of the European Union, while Polish immigrants continue to make a powerful contribution to the fabric of life in ... Britain. Above all, the academic programme and public events -
Not a drop to drink | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/not-a-drop-to-drink19 Oct 2015: The project is part of the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation programme, which is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council and the UK’s -
University of Cambridge Research Horizons magazine Issue 27
https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_27_research_horizons.pdf29 May 2015: over. the course of 600 years. The emerging results seem to demand a rewrite of the most important chapter in our social and economic history. ... Funded by the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council, The Leverhulme Trust and the Isaac -
The 8th Cambridge Festival of Ideas launches | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-8th-cambridge-festival-of-ideas-launches19 Oct 2015: Paul Wallace, a leading commentator on the economics of the European Union, will also be talking about his new book, The Euro Experiment, which explains how and why the euro crisis ... happened, and the implications for the economic and political future -
World’s protected natural areas receive eight billion visits a year | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/worlds-protected-natural-areas-receive-eight-billion-visits-a-year24 Feb 2015: which this study shows would yield substantial economic return – as well as saving incalculably precious natural landscapes and species from destruction. ... While that may seem a lot of money, it’s a fraction of the economic benefit we get from -
HeForShe’s #GetFree Tour visits Cambridge | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/heforshes-getfree-tour-visits-cambridge28 Sep 2015: and France: University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, University of Leicester, the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Nottingham, University College of London, and the Paris Institute of -
Earthquakes without frontiers | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/earthquakes-without-frontiers26 Oct 2015: With additional funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, EWF expanded to include social science and policy dimensions. -
Professor Sir Christopher Bayly (1945-2015) | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-sir-christopher-bayly-1945-201523 Apr 2015: Every one of his monographs, from his first book on Allahabad in 1975 to his last book on Liberalism in 2012, broke new ground, whether in political, social and economic, or ... Having established his reputation as a social and economic historian of -
University of Cambridge research magazine issue 26
https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_26_research_horizons.pdf6 Feb 2015: R Self-healing materials were voted one of the top-ten emerging technologies in 2013 by the World Economic Forum, and are being actively explored in the aerospace industry, where they -
Education that adds up | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/education-that-adds-up16 Oct 2015: Now the Centre has been awarded funding by the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to look at ways to improve the effectiveness of -
Record gift from estate of sound pioneer Ray Dolby | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/record-gift-from-estate-of-sound-pioneer-ray-dolby4 Dec 2015: Other notable gifts by Americans – announced previously – include the following: $27 million (£17.5 million) by Bill and Weslie Janeway for the Faculty of Economics and Pembroke College; and, $25 million ( ... £16.4 million) by Jamie Walters and -
Play’s the thing | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/plays-the-thing4 Aug 2015: charting the social, economic and health conditions of individual children. -
University of Cambridge launches major fundraising campaign |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/university-of-cambridge-to-launch-major-fundraising-campaign-115 Oct 2015: Global Development Council, Chief Economic Advisor for Allianz, and writes regularly for Bloomberg, the Financial Times and Project Syndicate. ... Dr El-Erian is honorary fellow and alumnus of Queens’ College (Economics, 1977). -
Reports and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 ...
https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/reports_and_financial_statements_2014.pdf6 Mar 2015: However, global economic uncertainties have emerged more strongly in recent months and returns at the target levels look challenging over the near future. ... the support by benefactors for endowment, capital expenditure and for current use; and• the -
A world of science | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-world-of-science8 Oct 2015: His ground-breaking research uncovered the social and intellectual origins of these informants, and showed how networks of ‘go-betweens’ helped the British understand India’s politics, economic activities and culture. ... Every one of his -
Speaker spotlight: Professor David Runciman | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/speaker-spotlight-professor-david-runciman23 Sep 2015: I hope the era of philosophy, politics and economics (PPE)/Oxford dominated politics is over – nothing against PPE or Oxford (or at least not much) – it was just too narrow a -
Health-conscious concrete | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/health-conscious-concrete23 Mar 2015: Self-healing materials were voted one of the top-ten emerging technologies in 2013 by the World Economic Forum, and are being actively explored in the aerospace industry, where they provide -
A touch of frugal genius | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-touch-of-frugal-genius15 Oct 2015: Post economic crisis, Ford has launched innovation initiatives to become more agile in a future crisis. -
New partnerships for ‘low carbon cities’ in the UK and China |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-partnerships-for-low-carbon-cities-in-the-uk-and-china23 Oct 2015: The Cambridge project, led by Professor Alan Short of the Department of Architecture and also involves Professor Peter Guthrie from the Department of Engineering, will focus on how to deliver economic -
Digital bargain hunters: optimal online searching | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/digital-bargain-hunters-optimal-online-searching6 May 2015: A ‘sunk cost’ is a cost that has already been incurred previously and can’t be recovered – in this case that means the time and effort that has been expended -
Cambridge gets REAL about overcoming obstacles to global education |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-gets-real-about-overcoming-obstacles-to-global-education18 Jun 2015: The education of girls is transformative. It is a moral duty and also an economic imperative. ... That has to be our starting point. But we must go beyond and make explicit the link between girls’ education and economic opportunity. -
Traders’ hormones ‘may destabilise financial markets’ | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/traders-hormones-may-destabilise-financial-markets2 Jul 2015: The research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. -
University teaching awards honour excellence | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/university-teaching-awards-honour-excellence-024 Jun 2015: His lectures set complex scientific material within a rich social, economic and cultural context, in a way that is accessible to students who have typically not studied any humanities since GCSE. -
Capital structure used to gauge firms’ foundations | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/capital-structure-used-to-gauge-firms-foundations9 Feb 2015: An analysis which shows how the financing activities, or “capital structure”, of real estate firms can be used as a barometer of their overall value has been -
Keeping the supply chain flowing | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/keeping-the-supply-chain-flowing6 Oct 2015: In the UK, the government has placed manufacturing at the heart of plans for economic recovery. -
New centre for biodiversity conservation named after Sir David…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-centre-for-biodiversity-conservation-named-after-sir-david-attenborough21 Apr 2015: The David Attenborough Building will become a focal point for research and practice to transform our understanding and the conservation of biodiversity. -
Planning for war: a guide for businesses | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/planning-for-war-a-guide-for-businesses19 Feb 2015: The World Economic Forum’s annual survey of threats of concern to world leaders and captains of industry. ... This is reflected in the World Economic Forum’s annual survey of threats of concern to world leaders and captains of industry. -
What research would enhance business sustainability? | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/what-research-would-enhance-business-sustainability15 May 2015: The project is part of the Nexus Network, an extensive network coordinated by CISL, the University of Sussex and the University of East Anglia, and supported by the Economic and Social -
The role and responsibilities of universities in Europe's revival …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-role-and-responsibilities-of-universities-in-europes-revival14 Mar 2015: Be in no doubt: the cuts to research and innovation will damage Europe’s economic future. ... We cannot let political short-sightedness stand in the way of our continued economic recovery. -
Opinion: How free are we really? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-how-free-are-we-really30 Oct 2015: Meanwhile as we’ve seen with the hysteria over the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader, his once rather widely accepted ideas about social and economic justice are shrilly denounced -
Cambridge Judge Business School celebrates 25th anniversary with new…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-judge-business-school-celebrates-25th-anniversary-with-new-simon-sainsbury-centre26 Nov 2015: attracted worldwide attention; it found that increasing the economic power of women throughout society, rather than quotas, is the key factor in women reaching and staying on corporate boards. -
Cooperative communities emerge in transparent social networks |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cooperative-communities-emerge-in-transparent-social-networks9 Mar 2015: Economics and Queens’ College at the University of Cambridge. -
The British Academy welcomes new Fellows for 2015 | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-british-academy-welcomes-new-fellows-for-201516 Jul 2015: Professor Sanjeev Goyal – Professor of Economics and Fellow of Christ’s College. ... It funds research across the UK and in other parts of the world, in disciplines ranging from archaeology to economics, from psychology to history, and from -
Stirbitch: mapping the unmappable | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/stirbitch-mapping-the-unmappable16 Jan 2015: Here, for several centuries, an annual fair played a central role in the economic and cultural history of the east of England. -
Cambridge conference on Colombia says education holds key to…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-conference-on-colombia-says-education-holds-key-to-sustainable-peace30 Jun 2015: The seminar was co-organised by the Cambridge Peace and Education Research Group, the London School of Economics’ Colombian Society, Colombia’s Rodeemos el Diálogo, and the Educate for Dialogue society -
If you go down to the woods today… | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today10 Feb 2015: Soaring over the tree canopy of one of the most biodiverse forests on earth, a tiny unmanned plane buzzes quietly through the air. Its pilot stands 250 m -
Poisons, plants and Palaeolithic hunters | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/poisons-plants-and-palaeolithic-hunters21 Mar 2015: To fabricate a poison is easy and economic, and the risk is minimal. -
Preparing social scientists for the world of big data | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/preparing-social-scientists-for-the-world-of-big-data18 Jun 2015: The increasing ubiquity of big data in the social sciences stems not just from the increasing use of massive datasets in areas such as education and economics, but also to a ... Some subjects, such as Psychology and Economics, already have all students -
African universities reap fruits of fly research | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/african-universities-reap-fruits-of-fly-research10 Jul 2015: Drosophila melanogaster, better known as the humble fruit fly, has emerged as the unlikely basis of an attempt to help to stem a “brain drain” from African -
Your Questions Answered on open access | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/your-questions-answered-on-open-access23 Oct 2015: Tom Cochrane: Open access has three points of origin. These, in no particular order, are the interests of the researcher in greater exposure and readership; the distorted economics of the price -
Opinion: Can the EU keep the peace in Europe? Not a chance |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-can-the-eu-keep-the-peace-in-europe-not-a-chance28 Oct 2015: Look at Britain’s Stop-Go economic experience of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Today’s EU has its roots in economic crisis, not in economic success. -
North Korea unveils its nuclear ‘treasured swords’ to the world again …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/north-korea-unveils-its-nuclear-treasured-swords-to-the-world-again21 Sep 2015: The restart is, the statement says, “pursuant to the line of simultaneously pushing forward the economic construction and the building of a nuclear force advanced at the historic plenary meeting of -
Minimising ‘false positives’ key to vaccinating against bovine TB |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/minimising-false-positives-key-to-vaccinating-against-bovine-tb19 Feb 2015: Bovine TB is a major economic disease of livestock worldwide. Despite an intensive, and costly, control programme in the United Kingdom, the disease continues to persist. ... The duration of movement restrictions is important due to the considerable -
Can the Revolution in Kurdish Syria succeed? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/can-the-revolution-in-kurdish-syria-succeed2 Feb 2015: political parties, and the self-government in charge of economic development, healthcare, and foreign affairs. -
‘Unprecedented’ storms and floods are more common than we think |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/unprecedented-storms-and-floods-are-more-common-than-we-think9 Dec 2015: and erosion remodels our coastline – with large economic and social costs. -
Using experts ‘inexpertly’ leads to policy failure, warn researchers…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/using-experts-inexpertly-leads-to-policy-failure-warn-researchers14 Oct 2015: The accuracy and reliability of expert advice is often compromised by “cognitive frailties”, and needs to be interrogated with the same tenacity as research -
Big data shows the graduate pay premium is bigger for women |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/big-data-shows-the-graduate-pay-premium-is-bigger-for-women25 Sep 2015: So it also appears that higher education provided some protection from the economic downturn. -
‘Traditional authority’ linked to rates of deforestation in Africa |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/traditional-authority-linked-to-rates-of-deforestation-in-africa24 Nov 2015: economic gains. -
Elephants and humans: a love affair over 1300 years | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/elephants-and-humans-a-love-affair-over-1300-years1 Jul 2015: Scroll to the end of the article to listen to the podcast. The Parker Library (Corpus Christi College) is proud of its elephants. At least five illustrations -
Cambridge awarded £18 million in funding to support UK infrastructure …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-awarded-ps18-million-in-funding-to-support-uk-infrastructure-research24 Mar 2015: base. Robert Mair. The University of Cambridge will receive £18 million in funding to ensure that the UK’s infrastructure is resilient and responsive to environmental and economic impacts, as announced ... We are particularly pleased to see the need
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